March 14, 2015 Vol. 6 No. 7
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Support Annapolis Green
Be a Founding One Hundred Member or a Friend of Annapolis Green 
Want to join in and make your mark on sustainability in the Annapolis area? Consider becoming one of our Founding One Hundred. Join the list below.
- Charlie Birney
- Infrared Tools Energy Services*
- Gene Singleton & Maureen McEnerney
- Keith & Helen Drewett*
- Doug Lashley / GreenVest
- Elvia Thompson
- Lynne & Mark Forsman
- Ralph Gleason
- Shelley & Eric Rubin
- Boatyard Bar & Grill
- John Nicklin
- Cohen Community Fund
- Towne Park
- Eastport Civic Association
- Galway Bay Irish Pub
- The Brick Companies
- Delegate Steve Schuh
- Severn Savings Bank
- Paul Murphy
- Hannah Studios, Inc.
- Joe Budge & Sharon Kennedy*
- PNC Wealth Management
- K&B True Value
- Betty & Jim Davis
- Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company
- Clean Currents
- John H. Stevens
- EP Henry
- MOM's Organic Market
- La Prima Catering
- Jeannie Zajac
- Vic Pascoe
- Robert Clark
- Mid-Atlantic GEM, LLC
- Dick Lahn
*multiple donations
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Welcome Our Newest Founding One Hundred Sponsor
We want to give a hearty thank you to Dick Lahn, our newest Founding One Hundred Sponsor.
Dick has been involved in environmental issues and causes for many years and we are honored that he believes in Annapolis Green!
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Check out our
Here are some highlights:
Saturday, March 14 - DACA Green Expo
Wednesday, March 18 - Severn River Association Presentation: Home Septic Systems - Are They the Severn's Biggest Polluter?
Saturday, March 21 - 11th Annual South River on the Half Shell Auction
Saturday, March 28 - Environmental Showcase of Annapolis Film Festival 2015
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TODAY!
Don't miss the
Rain or Shine
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Davidsonville Elementary
962 West Central Avenue Davidsonville
Free admission. Organized by the Davidsonville Area Civic Association, the Expo allows visitors to connect with watershed groups, learn about energy-saving techniques and living more sustainably. Children's activities, tree giveaways and more. Special attractions: 1) SustainaFest's Tiny House, built by local students, military veterans and volunteers, it takes up only 210-sq.ft.; 2) Free document shredding and e-cycling by New Horizon Supported Services.
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5th Annual Annapolis Oyster Roast
& Sock Burning
Saturday, March 21
noon - 5 p.m.
Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street
Celebrate the coming of spring at this feast featuring the Chesapeake's most cherished bivalve.
Composting and recycling provided by Annapolis Green's Responsible Events & Festivals program with sponsorship from Mercedes Benz of Annapolis. This is a fund raiser for the Museum, whose ecology and heritage education program reaches thousands of school children each year. Information at amaritime.org
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South River on the Half Shell Auction
Saturday, March 21
6 - 10 p.m.
Homestead Gardens
743 West Central Avenue Davidsonville
A fun filled night of fabulous food, drinks, oysters, and music to raise funds for the South River Federation.
Information Composting and recycling provided by Annapolis Green's Responsible Events & Festivals program.
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Celebrate Spring! Green Drinks Returns to the Garden Thursday, March 19
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Homestead Gardens 743 West Central Avenue, Davidsonville 
 Homestead Gardens has opened its 2015 Flower Show, a spectacular setting for our 7th Annual March Green Drinks in the Garden event. This year's flower show theme is Celebrate Maryland, a perfect tie-in with Maryland Day, particularly since this is Homestead Gardens' first year as a participant in that celebration. See more about Maryland Day below.
Green Drinks will focus on a celebration of spring -- so needed after all this snow and cold weather -- the Flower Show, Project Clean Stream, Main Street Annapolis Partnership's Annapolis in Bloom program, and Maryland Day's Growing A Little Greener Initiative. Before the evening's done, we'll make an announcement about a special new partnership with Homestead Gardens!
We will feature ways YOU can participate in community spring cleanups that are local, regional and national in scope: the watershed-wide
We are proud to say that once again,  Herrington on the Bay, a premiere Maryland waterfront wedding and special event site overlooking the Chesapeake Bay, will provide sustainable, delicious, and locally sourced appetizers. In fact, owner Anna Chaney and her staff have invited some of the very farmers whose food we will enjoy join us.
 Mills Fine Wine & Spirits will let us sample and enjoy their selection of beer and wine, including:
If you've never joined us before at Homestead, you must. It's our most-anticipated Green Drinks. And who isn't ready for some beautiful flowers after this dismal winter! As an incentive to take some of those flowers home, Homestead Gardens will generously provide discount coupons for Green Drinkers!
See you Thursday!
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Maryland Day Weekend
"Growing A Little Greener"
Friday-Sunday, March 20-22
Green Drinks will be held on the eve of Maryland Day weekend, March 20-22. Maryland Day commemorates the formal
founding of the colony of Maryland, which by historical accounts, took place on March 25 of 1633 or 1634.
Our local area's celebration of Maryland Day is organized by the Four Rivers Heritage Area and many locations are participating including, for the first time, our hosts, Homestead Gardens.
For the past three years, Annapolis Green has helped the participating sites and attendees in "Growing a Little Greener". Partnering with Maryland Green Travel, Annapolis Green is providing guidance on becoming more sustainable operationally and during the weekend's event. More details are on "Growing a Little Greener" page on the Maryland Day website.
Learn more about Maryland Day at Green Drinks and at the Maryland Day website, marylandday.org. During the Maryland Day weekend, many attractions that usually charge admission will be free or charging just $1. It's a great opportunity to get to know more about our state.
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Green Restaurant Week
March 16-20
 The City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County are teaming up to promote Green Restaurant Week from March 16 to 20. The week is focuses on restaurants that operate in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. Seventeen local restaurants are participating.
We at Annapolis Green have been showcasing these restaurants for years at our Green Drinks events and by asking the Annapolis Restaurant Week organizers to give a special designation to these establishments. So we glad to see that a whole week has been set aside for this. Read more.
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Stormwater Fee Under Attack
How do you feel about paying less than 24 cents per day
for clean water?
 Three Anne Arundel County Councilmen have introduced bills to do away with the dedicated fund that is making possible retrofits and restoration to treat polluted stormwater. The County Executive is supporting this. It is a mistake. Trying to pay for polluted stormwater remidiation from the General Fund will guarantee that it will not happen or that the effort will be so far reduced that the County will not be able to meet its responsibilities under the EPA mandate and the Bay's health will continue to deteriorate. Further, the County Executive has promised a 3% property tax decrease as well. Exactly where will the polluted stormwater remediation money come from then? Will it be at the expense of more police officers or school improvements? We don't think so. Find out more and what YOU can do.
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2015 Legislative Session
the Environment
 Things are moving in the State House on a number of bills that cover topics such as: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard; Fracking; Stormwater Treatment Legislation; Pesicides; Plastic Bag Ban; and Microbeads Ban.
If you don't know what these issues are all about, see the Maryland League of Conservation Voters Issues page and let your representatives know where you stand. Click here.
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Bring Your Corks to Green Drinks!
 We send collected corks to a company that recycles them into footwear and flooring. We've shipped hundreds of pounds so far and we'd be glad to add your natural (not plastic) corks to that total.
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What Has Annapolis Green Been Up To?
 We're working on becoming a Keep America Beautiful Affiliate by assessing the litter level in the community, by studying where fit into the sustainability community in this area, and determining what our final organization structure will look like. We will have more information about this on our website soon.
We're joining this venerable organization because of the great opportunities it offers us, for the good of the community, in the form of program grants; state, regional and national collaborations; and more.
Want to help us do this? We need volunteers for a litter survey and an assessment of other sustainability groups in our community and how Annapolis Green fits in. If you'd like to be involved, send us an email.
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 Our Email Sponsor
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K&B True Value is your hardware store and more. There are literally thousands of Green Options products in stock to help you live your life in a more Earth friendly manner. And now, K&B delivers!
Visit K&B True Value online, on Facebook and in person at 912 Forest Drive, Annapolis. Phone: (410) 268-3939.
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